China News Network, June 6 According to Agence France-Presse, on the 8th local time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev knew nothing about the plan to bomb the "Nord Stream" natural gas pipeline, denying that Ukraine was behind the explosion.

Image source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to reports, Zelensky said in an interview with the German newspaper Bild that as president, he has the right to give orders.

"But I didn't do that. I would never do that. Zelensky emphasized through the translator.

"I believe our military and our intelligence services have not done anything like that." Zelensky added that he "would like to see relevant evidence."

Zelensky said, "We don't know anything about this, 100 percent." ”

The Washington Post reported on the 6th that information from European intelligence agencies showed that Ukraine had a "detailed plan to attack the pipeline" before the underwater explosion of the "Nord Stream" pipeline. The United States had intelligence about the program three months before the explosion.

Data map: A leak occurred in the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline.

Three months before the explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline in September 2022, the Biden administration had received intelligence from close allies that the Ukrainian military planned to conduct a covert attack on the pipeline with a squad of divers that reported directly to the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The intelligence was collected by European intelligence agencies and shared with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in June 2022. The CIA also shared the intelligence with Germany and other European countries in June 6, multiple officials familiar with the matter said.

On September 2022, 9, an explosion leaked in the Nord Stream pipeline, which transports natural gas from Russia to Germany and other European countries via the Baltic Sea. It was widely accepted that the incident was "sabotage".

In February 2023, Seymour Hersh, a well-known American investigative journalist, broke the news that the "Nord Stream" pipeline was secretly damaged by US intelligence and US military personnel. The U.S. government denies this.

In March 2023, US and German media said a pro-Ukrainian group was responsible for the bombing. Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov immediately denied that the Ukrainian side was related to the bombing.